ray koziatek

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erick be patient ,august is a long ways off as the time progreses closer to aug.we will be posting reports.as for now and some good reading go to www.attheoak.com and do some archive research and by aug. you will have a good program in place

i never topline offshore (25 ft and deeper0) DOES THE TOPLINE WORK ? yes ,but when i slide out .keel sinkers or heavy splitshot are on my topwater rigs 1/2oz to 2.25oz whatever weight starts working then i go to that weight.

NO........30lb wire or 50to65lb power pro for main line ,then i use 30lb p-line flouro from snubber to terminal swivel.

coulda been worse ,you could of been on waterlogs boat,sounds like he needs to change his name to the chummer,i better not say anything as im taking a chummer out this weekend .......... anyways when should i start wandering out that way?

whats wrong with fart sniffin as long as its your own....ooooh i get it.snnnniiifffff.ah.................

momays boy , some of the above post are more summer temp referenceswhen you got 70 on top and 40 down deep , as a general rule the west north west winds "set up" the lake (food chain) but this spring is throwing a learning curve to some of the most experenced captians seems like twice a week the wind changes total direction like around the clock in 24 hr perioudw,sw,s,se,e,ne,n.nw,and back to west but piecing togeather reports ,it kinda sounds like the fish are a little disorented too and on the hunt for food ,which might just be to our benifit seems like the fish coming from the west are leaving a concentrated food area and swimming into a scattered bait situation,and from yankees report of pack fishing maybe the pack of boats are attracting the fish.not that im recominding everyone to pack up but it is a different way of trying to figure out a pattern with these winds .im thinking there will be many dime size pods of fish during this wind transition spring so when you get some marks and hits set a waypoint and hit it hard before the fish move on.but i always say....................................

shade ,when its a little later in the daytry to get a black and silver or better yet a purple/silver yozuri crystal minnow down the center 150ft back and get about 3/4 to 1oz weight 6or 7 ft up the line from your bait wiyh 17lbish line youll be down about 15 ft and they will come .also get your riggers to 35 ft back 75ft and toss a slider on and that should work ..

motoman did it again another steelie,teach a man to fish and he'll whip your butt in the derby,way to go jonny ,now get your uncle off the wheel and put a rod in his hand.....

a smart fish is the on that didnt hit the fly and is still alive............you knew i was gonna say that

blue eyes thanks for the quick link to the loc. leader board ,as for the rest of you guys enjoy your spot on the board only 2days and 18hrs and 23 min,and 30 seconds till i hit the water....................................................................................................................................................with a little luck and my raw skill(more luck)ill catch a derby fish .hey bassguy didnt you mention wireless at olcott before? maybe ill bring my laptop ........hmmmm 25lbs in the spring ant to bad,,,, great job guys ,,,

ok i deserve a little kick, but to keep this from becoming a glangler type post i suggest you so a little homework ,as i have been doing for over 5 years,i just dont want to give out missleading information as many new guys use this site for accurate information,the cold water in the summer near shore is caused by a strong south wind maybe i misread your post i thought you said a north wind causes the shore to warm which it does, then i thought you said a north wind will cause the shore temps to drop,when its the south wind that blows the warm topwaters offshore and causes a upwelling of cold water to be drawn in under it that lowers the near shore temps , hope this helps....RayK. ps thanks for slowing down for me that really helped,eberjoy tried to explain the same thing i said oh wait he did ........except he said spring which actually should be summer conditions :roll:but a nasty north,south,east or west wind will mess the whole thing up no matter what

if it has a off/on/auto off switchand self centering, it is the newer style.also the older models like mine have a self centering down mode (have to hold) but a switchable up mode that keeps on a coming,and coming,andcoming up sllllowley till you center the switch manualy ,like eber says i think you need water try launching in your neighbors pool and with the proper "stop"devises installed it should work. but as for me im still in the stone age with the equiptment on my boat,cept for my shiney new kicker.......

huh! ok gill-t guess im way back on the learn ing curve ya almost got it close sorry just couldnt let ya misslead all the new guys here......

thank,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,you............ gotta sit it out till thursday then your toast.........as for now just tinkering in the driveway got a few setups im trying out ..TOP SECRET.

jonny,thats -a-my boy,congrats ,ok enuf of the crap now finish the fishing report,color,speed,depth. maybe a little pic or two. man its windyand raining here today so your good for another 24 hrs. ray,ray..............up to 30 mph winds tommorow=48 hrs on th board.....ok let me edit the today thing the front blew over and its clear as a bell......

chinook i feel your pain and joy after my 10 yr plus softball ,kinda miss it but notin a little screaming drag cant fix,fishstix if you remember what end of a pole to hold on to ill be at olcott thursday about noon or earlier .if your regestered in the derby you can jump on with jason and myself for the day.Ray K. 607 769 7947

imgonna clean house (win the derby)on thursday,if all goes well then just do some rec.fishing till i pick up my check on sunday

what? i gave him some good tips ...........oh the footdraging part ,i know next your gonna say as soon as it gets nice everyone wants there boat ready at the same time,weve heard it all before hank, have you had a chanch to wash any lures yet?

fx go west outa port to the cliffs or point near maxwell head out to 70 ft water and set up for salmon, if that dont work do a 330 headingOUT OF PORT (northwest) set up in 100 ft water keep on heading if possable till 225 to250 ft with salmon setup in the top 60 ft enless your getting deeper marks then do a south,north troll between these depths.15ft stagger on your stackers and10ish ft stagger on your riggers,normal spring colors green dolph,watermelon,silver/purple,blk/silver,black majic,put a nbk,or a dolphin,or silverand green spinny w/ siggs green hypnotist 22" behind it on your dypsy out 180ft with 2.5 setting and 2.5 to 2.7 gps speed.if that dont work pull anchor and head to olcott ..............

did you get your boat back or is hank still draggin his feet?

guess ill use 68 but i am open to suggestions

thanks i forgot that,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,hic

the weather ant to pretty for sunday so i might stay home ,the end of the week were supposed to go to olcott to win the derby,well probly just a couple divisions,,salmon ,laker and trout.

same for lures ,17 to 20 for spinnies or flashers .